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C. F. BATT.

CYCLE SADDLE.

(Application filed June 18, 1897.)

(N0 Model.)

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Patented Nov. 29, I898.

ENTOR QZMQM. WEB/MAW ORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. BATT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,129, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed Tune 18, 1897.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. BATT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) Kings county, New York, have invented Improvements in Cycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists, mainly, in improvements in the construction of bicycle-saddles, more particularly of the construction forming the subject of Letters Patent granted to me March 16, 1897, No. 579,034.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1- is an inverted plan View, partly in section, of my improved saddle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamp.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the frame of the saddle in its general essential features is similar to the saddle-frame forming the subject of my above-mentioned patent and comprises foreand-aft supporting parts a M, which at the back of the saddle extend outwardly at a a about the width of the saddle and are then curved forwardly and inwardly again, meeting at a point forward of the back of the saddle and preferably between the back of the saddle and the supporting or seat post clamp.

In the construction of saddle-frame which was specifically illustrated in the drawings of my above-mentioned patent the point of meeting of the two parts of the frame between the back of the saddle and the seatpost clamp was shown as an adjustable connection, permitting adjustment of the two parts of the saddle; but when adjusted this connection was fixed, of course, and if adj ustment was not desired the connection might be permanently fixed. 4

As a matter of mechanical construction when the connection is to be permanently fixed I prefer to make the frame, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, by using a piece of wire (preferably of rectangular cross-section) and having the terminal ends of the wire at the front or forward end of the saddle. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, terminal ends of the wire rest in and bear against the forward upturned ends e e of an $erial No. 641,285. (No model.) 0

adjustable slotted slide E, against the rear end e of which bears an adjusting-screw E. This adjusting-screw E is threaded into a post d, secured to or carried by the fiat plate D, which is riveted to the under side of the pommel of the saddle. The extended lower end of this post (I passes through the longitudinal slot 6 in the slide E and is threaded for the reception of a nut n and washer to hold the said slide up to the plate D without, however, interfering with its longitudinal adj ustment.

The cycle-saddle frame described may be covered in any suitable way. The seating may consist in the main of leather riveted at the front to the plate D and connected at back to the outwardly-extending parts a a. of the spring-frame, as shown in the drawings. As the most desirable way of connecting the back of the covering to said outwardly-extending parts of the spring-frame rivetingshoes R are provided to embrace the said outwardly-extending parts a and rivets r are passed through ears r of the said riveting-shoes and across the inner faces of the said parts a into the edge of the leather, which is turned down over the back of the riveting-shoes, as shown in the drawings.

The seat part of the saddle may be simply of hard stretched leather, as shown, or it may contain upholstery of hair, felt, or other suitable material. In either case it is preferable to provide a lining of porous rubber P for the pommel or forward end of the saddle.

The main part F of the clamp, which embraces the T-post T, is split at f to form the arms f f, and on drawing these arms together the seat-post is gripped simply by the nip of the split clamp. The outer sides of these arms are beveled, as at f and against these beveled faces bear the wedges g 9. These wedges are drawn inward by means of a suitable bolt, which is free to have a vertical movement with respect to the split clamp. As shown in the drawings, one of these wedges g may be secured to or formed in one with a transverse bolt h, which in the present instance passes freelythrough transverse slots in the arms f f and through a slot in the wedge-piece 9, whereby the said bolt may have the desired vertical movement with respect to the split clamp. A nut t' is threaded onto the end of the bolt h to draw the two wedge-pieces toward each other. If then the supporting parts (L2 of the cycle-saddle frame be between the under faces of the wedges g g and the adjacent horizontal clamping-jaws f on the main part of the clamp, the screwing up of the nut i will cause the wedges to bind down on and grip these saddle-frame parts a a and at the same time will draw the arms of the split body part F together to grip the seat-post firmly.

I claim as my -invention- 1. The combination of the frame of a cyclesaddle, having two or more fore-and-aft supporting parts, with a plate, to which the pommel is to be secured, a post on the said plate, a slide separate from the frame and movable on the plate and having a slot for the post and upturned ends to support the forward ends of the frame and an adjusting-screw, substantially as described.

0 A seat-post clamp, comprising a split body part to grip the seat-post, adjustable wedges to bearon the split bod y part and upon the saddle-frame, means for causing the wedges to grip the saddle-frame, and a bolt for drawing the wedges inward and free to have a vertical movement with respect to the split body part, substantially as described.

A seat-post clamp, comprising a split body part, wedges to bear against the outer 1 faces of the split arms, a bolt for drawing the wedges inward and free to have a vertical movement with respect to the split clamp, and devices for simultaneously clamping the saddle-frame by means of said wedges, substantially as described.

4. A seat-post clamp, comprising a split body part with beveled outer faces on the split arms, wedges to bear against the said beveled outer faces of the split arms, a bolt for drawing the wedges inward and free to have a vertical movement with respect to the split clamp, and devices for simultaneously clamping the saddle-frame by means of the wedges, substantially as described.

5. A seat-post clamp, comprising a split body part with beveled outer faces on the split arms,clamping-jaws adjacent thereto, wedges to bear against the said beveled outer faces and to clamp a part of the saddle-frame between the said jaws and the wedges and means for drawing the wedges inward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES F. BAT'J.

Wit nesses:

F. XVARREN Vmorrr, IIUBERT IIowsoN. 

